{"id":651,"date":"2022-04-02T19:06:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T19:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=651"},"modified":"2024-07-01T16:45:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:45:22","slug":"the-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=651","title":{"rendered":"The Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Butterfly-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Butterfly-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Butterfly-1-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Butterfly-1-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">I think the butterfly can be a beautiful analogy for the transformations we go through in life.\u00a0 Sometimes, as we go through the darkest of days, we are growing and developing into a better self.\u00a0 Though at first it seems as though nothing is happening and perhaps we wonder if we are strong enough to go on, slowly but surely, a change is occurring in us.\u00a0 Despite our trials in life, and in fact sometimes because of them, we can be transformed into something even better and more beautiful than before.\u00a0 We can be strong and resilient. We can learn and grow.\u00a0 We can become something more than we were before.\u00a0 And then, just like the butterfly, we can emerge from the darkness into the sun.<strong> Reflect on where you are right now in your life.\u00a0 Where are you in your transformation journey?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center has-black-color has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\">\n<strong>The Butterfly<\/strong>\nBy Krista Longeway\n\nThe changes in my life, as time goes by\nMirrored in the life of a butterfly\nHer transformation slowly beginning\nIn the darkness of her cocoon spinning\nIt\u2019s a time of fear and trepidation\nWhile there is something new in creation\nWaiting for just the right time to arrive\nTo show all the world that she has survived\nHer gifts hidden until the right moment\nThen, when it seems her energy is spent\nShe slowly she emerges into the light\nAnd on fresh new wings she dares to take flight\nGrowing stronger every passing hour\nThe butterfly dances from flower to flower\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think the butterfly can be a beautiful analogy for the transformations we go through in life.\u00a0 Sometimes, as we go through the darkest of days, we are growing and developing into a better self.\u00a0 Though at first it seems as though nothing is happening and perhaps we wonder if we are strong enough to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3,1,14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope","category-new-beginnings","category-uncategorized","category-spring","category-the-garden"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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